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According to Belsat, Vladimir Dudarev was detained in the same city of Mogilev, as confirmed by several members of the steering group. A lawyer has already been found trying to explain the situation and free Dudarev.
Sergei Karmyzov, head of the Belgazprombank branch of the commercial bank in Mogilev, was also arrested in Mogilev.
Officials of the Belarusian State Audit Office conducted a search in Belgazprombank on Thursday.
V. Dudarev previously worked in the civil service and in 2018 was appointed Vice President of the Mogilev Council. He was in charge of housing and utilities, but left office last year.
In 2016, V. Dudarev had received police attention when, in the center of Mogilev, he allegedly, without permission, repaired the attic of a house and converted the building into a two-story apartment. The case even traveled to court.
Officials of the Belarusian State Audit Office conducted a search in Belgazprombank on Thursday.
The State Audit Office has reported that searches are being conducted in the course of a criminal case of tax evasion and money laundering.
“The suspects in this case are representatives of commercial structures, as well as former employees of the banking system,” the service said in a press release.
Babarika ran the bank from mid-2000 until May of this year, when he announced his intention to run for president in Belarus.
Photo by TASS / Viktor Babarika
Babarika strongly criticizes the country’s economic system, which is largely controlled by the state and which becomes a tool in political and energy conflicts with a much bigger neighbor, Russia.
In a message to his followers, V. Babarika condemned the ongoing raids as an attempt to “put pressure on him.”
On the YouTube video platform, he said the searches “clearly showed that the current leadership is really ready to use any means to avoid a fair election.”
He made it clear that the authorities’ objective was to intimidate people into giving false testimony, but Babarika had promised to “continue our fight.”
Scanpix / AP Photo / Alexander Lukashenko
Aliaksandr Lukashenko, who is seeking re-election, accuses Babarik of fraudulently making money and hints that he is being funded by Moscow, which wants to “privatize” Belarus.
Belgazprombank has been operating since 1990, with 49.8 percent each. its shares are owned by the Russian gas company Gazprom and are controlled by Gazprombank.
The search was carried out after Belarusian law enforcement officers began dealing with future opposition candidates in the August presidential election, in which Lukashenko will run for the sixth term.
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